2. Popular culture
The winged horse that has
provided an instantly
recognizable corporate logo
or emblem of inspiration.
3. Olympus
Pegasus and Athena left Bellerophon and
continued to Olympus where he was stabled
with Zeus' other steeds, and was given the
task of carrying Zeus' thunderbolts. Because
of his faithful service to Zeus, he was
honored with transformation into a
constellation.[11] On the day of his
catasterism, when Zeus transformed him into
a constellation, a single feather fell to
the earth near the city of Tarsus.[12]
4. THE EMBLEM OF THE WORLD WAR II, BRITISH AIRBORNE FORCES, BELLEROPHON
RIDING THE FLYING HORSE PEGASUS.
DURING WORLD WAR II, THE SILHOUETTED IMAGE OF BELLEROPHON THE
WARRIOR, MOUNTED ON THE WINGED PEGASUS, WAS ADOPTED BY THE UNITED
KINGDOM'S NEWLY-RAISED PARACHUTE TROOPS IN 1941 AS THEIR UPPER
SLEEVE INSIGNIA. THE IMAGE CLEARLY SYMBOLIZED A WARRIOR ARRIVING AT
A BATTLE BY AIR, THE SAME TACTICS USED BY PARATROOPERS. THE SQUARE
UPPER-SLEEVE INSIGNIA COMPRISED BELLEROPHON/PEGASUS IN LIGHT BLUE ON
A MAROON BACKGROUND. THE INSIGNIA WAS DESIGNED BY FAMOUS ENGLISH
NOVELIST DAPHNE DU MAURIER, WHO WAS MARRIED TO THE COMMANDER OF THE
